There are 24 different ways for you and your 3 friends to sit in the assigned seats. Option 3 is correct,
To solve this problem
There are four people you and your three friends and four seats are allotted. The number of possible configurations for these four individuals in the four chairs can be determined using the permutation formula:
4! = 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 24
So, there are 24 different ways for you and your 3 friends to sit in the assigned seats.